Division of McEwen

McEwen Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of McEwen (green) in Victoria
Created	1984
MP	Rob Mitchell
Party	Labor
Namesake	John McEwen
Electors	115,811 (2010)
Area	10,675 km2 (4,121.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of McEwen is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Victoria. It is north of the capital city of Melbourne. It includes Broadford, Craigieburn, Doreen, Kilmore, Lancefield, New Gisborne, Riddells Creek, Romsey, Seymour, Sunbury, Wallan and Whittlesea.^[1]

It was set up in 1984 and named after Sir John McEwen, leader of the Country Party of Australia.^[1] McEwen was caretaker Prime Minister of Australia after the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.

In 2007 Fran Bailey lost the election by only six votes. She asked for the votes to be recounted and she won by 12 votes The result was challenged in the High Court of Australia and was referred to the Federal Court of Australia. Seven months later, and after carefully checking 643 individual votes, the court found Bailey had won by 31 votes. Later Bailey called for big changes the voting system.^[2][3][4]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Profile of the electoral division of McEwen (Vic)". Australian Electoral Commission. 2013. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
2. ↑ Doherty, Ben (3 July 2008). "Court confirms Bailey win". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
3. ↑ "Labor loses bid to win back McEwen". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
4. ↑ Mitchell v Bailey (No 2) 2008 FCA 692: Federal Court of Australia Decisions 2/7/2008